Seattle College, Cornish School of the Arts to merge
Seattle College, the most important personal greater schooling establishment in western Washington state, will merge with the struggling Cornish School of the Arts, officers from each faculties introduced Thursday.
Seattle College will take in Cornish School, which is able to retain its campus however turn out to be Cornish School of the Arts at Seattle College. The boards of each establishments approved a letter of intent to mix final month, in line with The Seattle Instances.
College officers mentioned it was too early to debate the potential of program cuts however famous they have been “dedicated to being open and clear in offering updates as the method strikes ahead.”
Cornish School has confronted monetary and enrollment declines for years. In 2020, the establishment, unable to muster the funds to climate the COVID-19 pandemic, declared monetary exigency. Emily Parkhurst, Cornish’s interim president, mentioned the school can be “stronger after we’re collectively” with Seattle U.
Seattle College president Eduardo Peñalver mentioned in a press launch that the merger wouldn’t profit Cornish however would complement the bigger college’s mission of incorporating the humanities into its college students’ schooling. In March, Seattle U created a brand new artwork museum after the husband of a rich alumna donated 200 artworks value about $300 million, the most important artwork donation to any American college in historical past.
Whereas the merger nonetheless requires the approval of the Northwest Fee on Schools and Universities and the U.S. Training Division, officers predict the transition might start as early as subsequent Might.
